diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index c2ddb998f3c9..84a5a0699373 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 	kfree(cd);
 }
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock);
+static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cdev_lock);
 
 static struct kobject *cdev_get(struct cdev *p)
 {